Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 10,718, John Garrison, New York

SERVICE
SERVICE New York.
Garrison, John
NUMBER _____
NUMBER S. 10.718
carded
CONTENTS

New York
John Garrison
Service in the State of New York who was a Private in the Comp. comm Captain Dousbeck of the Reg. comm Col. Livingston in the N. York for 9 Mo. 13 da.
Inscribed on the Roll of New York the rate of 31 Dollars 44 Cents per ann. commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 2 day of Aug. 1832 and Certificate No. 12345 Ohio
Arrears to date of No. 33 $ 62.88 Pension and ending 4/1/55 15.72 $78.60
recorded by Geo. C. Steele Clerk, book 6. Vol. 3. Page 5 Revolutionary War, 2 Act June 7, 1832. 5
W. H. Collins
8. 1846.
W. Garrison July same Aug 6. 1846.
14. 1846 J. De Witt Sept 24 1846 same Nov. 14. 46. to Arad Joy Sept 19/57.

In the matter of John Garrison for a Pension
25/4/48
from J. Ferris — ovrd

Declaration
In Order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832.
State of New York } County of Seneca } ss on this 28 th day of May 1833 personally appeared in Open Court before the Hon. Daniel Mosely Circuit judge of the Seventh Circuit of the State of New York, the said Court now sitting at Poid John Garrison of the town of Poid in the County of Seneca and State of New York aged Seventy seven years, who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States as a private in the Militia under the following named officers and served as herein stated
Firstly deponent says that in the year 1776 in the month of September deponent was living at Livingston Manor in the County of Albany at that time and was enrolled & served in the Militia in that place under Marks Patner command and of the Company, The Company was called upon to go to Fishkill most of the Company volunteered & marched out under Captain Peter Gosebeck, when we arrived at Fishkill joined Col Peter Livingston Regiment we lay at this place three and an half months and then we got dismissed duty was to stand guard
deponent says that in the first of April 1777. he was called out to go to the high lands below Fishkill, deponent and about forty others went out and marched under Captain Patner when we arrived at the high lands was joined to Col. Livingston Regiment duty was to stand guard remained Eleven

2 weeks at the high lands and then more dismissed and then deponent returned home
deponent says that on or about the first of October 1778 deponent was again called upon to go to a place called Still water a place above Albany on the North River deponent and about twenty of the Company deponent belonged to volunteered and went out under Captain Platner when we arrived there we joined & belonged to Col. Livingston Regiment the Col. went up with us our duty was to stand guard. remained there four weeks and then was discharged and deponent went home
deponent says in the month of August 1779 deponent and fifteen others were ordered by Col. Livingston and by him stationed at Livingston Manor for nine weeks at the Col. house our duty was to stand guard
That in the month of October 1779 deponent and the residue of the Company were called upon to go to Claverack we marched out under Capt. Platner in Col. Livingston Regiment remained there one week and then returned home
About two weeks after deponent returned home he was called upon and went to Kinderhook remained there three or four days and then was dismissed and returned home went out under Capt. Platner
deponent says he knew Genl. Brooks Genl. Washington Col. Livingston of the Militia during the Revolutionary war, that he has no documentary evidence of his service and knows of no person who can testify to his services, except

...war, that he has no documentary evidence of his service and knows of no person who can testify to his services, except 3 Jacob Koon and that only to a part of his services - whose deposition is hereto annexed
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension Roll of the Agency of any state
To the interrogatories propounded by the said Court to the above named Applicant for a pension on account of services rendered in the Militia of the State of New York during the Revolutionary war as prescribed by the War Department.
1 says that he was born in Livingston Manor in the month of March 1756 2 does not know of any record of his age 3 was living in Livingston's Manor in the State of New York when he rendered the services, and after the war for about fifteen years, then he moved into Rensselaerville in Albany County and remained there until he moved into the town of Ovid in the County of Seneca and State of New York which was fourteen or fifteen years ago and where he now resides 4 Served as a private 5 knew Genl Washington Genl Brooks & Col. Liv- ingston while out in the service and has no docu- mentary evidence of it. 6 That he never received a written discharge 7 That he is known in his present neighborhood by Asgill Gibbs Esq. P. M. Ovid Peter Combs and Elijah Rinne who can testify to his character for truth & veracity Sworn to & subscribed in Open Court G. D. Lupton Dep. Clk John F. Garrison mark

State of New York County of Seneca ss: we Thomas Lounsbury a Clergyman of the town of Ovid in the County of Seneca and State of New York and Nelson Cole Esq. of the same place hereby certify that we are well acquainted with John Garrison who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be seventy seven years of age, that he is reputed and believed in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a Soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that Opinion sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid in open Court.
Thos Lounsbury Nelson Cole
Geo Danforth Dep Clerk
And the said Court do hereby declare their Opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories as prescribed by the War Department that the above named Applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier and served as he states. And the court further certifies that it appears to them that Thomas Lounsbury who has signed the preceding Certificate is a Clergyman resident in the town of Ovid in the County of Seneca and State of New York, and that Nelson Cole Esquire who has also signed the same is a resident in the said town of Ovid in the said County of Seneca, and is a Credible person, and that their several statements is entitled to credit
I Geo. Danforth Deputy Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Seneca do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of John Garrison for a Pension, and the Court do further certify that Jacob Hoon who has signed the annexed affidavit or deposition

The Court do hereby certify that Jacob Hoon who has signed the annexed affidavit or deposition is a man of good character
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 28 th day of May 1833.
Geo Danforth
Depty Clerk of Seneca County

6 County of Seneca ss. Jacob Floor of the town of Romulus in the county of Seneca and State aforesaid being duly sworn according to law deposes and says that deponent was born and brought up in a place called Livingston's Manor in the County of Columbia in the State of New York and is now seventy two or seventy three years of age, and deponent further says that he knows John Garrison and has been intimately acquainted with him from a child, deponent & the said John Garrison were both brought up in said Livingston's Manor and this deponent further says that during the Revolutionary War, that when the said John Garrison arrived at the age of eighteen he was attached and belonging in a Militia Company in that place commanded by Capt. Marks Platner, and deponent further says that he is knowing to the said John Garrison going out on a tour with the said Capt. Platner to a place called the Highlands near the North River, below the Town of Fishkill but what length of time the said Garrison was out deponent does not recollect, deponent further says, that he is knowing to the said Garrison going out on a tour to Fishkill under Capt. Goosbeck but how long the said Garrison was out on this tour deponent disremembers, deponent says that he himself was out from home a part of the time in the service and therefore cannot tell how much more the said Garrison served, but has understood that the said Garrison went out on a tour to Still Water,
Sworn to & subscribed this his mark Jacob Floor
20 th day of Apr 1833, before me {
Seba Ellsworth, Clk of the County of Seneca } Witness, Seba Ellsworth,

April 12. 1857
Abt. Lloy's agency in case of John
Garrison
Wadsworth
Quincy
New York
Jas. E. Heath
Com. of Pension Washington D.C.

Ovid N.Y. April 7 th 1851
Dear Sir
I inclose my agency in the case of John Garrison, late a pensioner of New York at 31.44 - I ask for a copy of his alleged service,
Respectfully Your Ob st Servt Arad Joy
Hon Jas. E Heath
Comm r of Pensions
To the Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
SR—I have appointed Arad Joy of Ovid, New-York, my Agent, to investigate my claim to a pension due upon the application of John Garrison — of the State of New York I am — Son — of the party, who made the application. He rec d a small pension Dtd April 7 th 1851.
Witness M rs Mary
Peter + Garrison Mark

No 25449. John Garrison Seneca County New York
Admitted Parole 9 mo & 13 days 11 140 30
Rev. Dennis Esq. Onondaga N.Y.

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office.
183
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: { ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, showing the Service of John Garrison Seneca County New York
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served. Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service. Proof by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     Vol. Sept. 1776 - 3 15 private { Col. Gosbee, Colonel Livingston 77 years County of Albany Traditional evidence Howland's papers correctly Attached   Called Apr. 1777 - 2 17 " { Col. Platner, Colonel Livingston, New York   Called 1. Oct. 1778 - - 28 " Col. Platner, Col. Livingston   Ordered Aug. 1779 - 2 3 " Col. Livingston   Called Oct. 1779 - - 7 " Col. Platner Col. Livingston   Called 1779 - - 3 or 4 " Col. Platner   9 13  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c., Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
 1. The Regular Troops.  2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.  3. Persons employed in the Naval Service.  4. Indian Spies. 
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will, in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of } ss. County of }
On this _____ day of _____ personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of _____ in the county of _____ and State, Territory or District of _____ aged (c) _____ years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) _____, with _____ and served in the _____ (e) regiment of the _____ line, under the following named officers:
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. [This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of _____
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I _____ of the Court of _____ do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of _____ for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this _____ day of _____ &c.
If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the _____ and C. D. residing in (the same) _____, who has hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with _____, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be _____ years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the _____ and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the _____ and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, _____ Clerk of the Court of _____ do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of _____ for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this _____ day of _____ &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration, (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his

alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
 1. Where and in what year were you born?  2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?  3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?  4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?  5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.  6. { To a Soldier. } Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it? { To an Officer. } Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?  7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution. 
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons—one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates.
The traditional evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposes and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:—For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____ For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months , is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
Proof of Service.
[j] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
[k] The notes from [a] to [j] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[l] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[m] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[n] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.

House of Rep. Aug. 6/1846
Sir
Your letter of the 24 th July, in which you ask that my correspondent state for what purpose he desires a copy of John Parrisan's papers, was forwarded to him. He replies to me, "for the purpose of increasing his pension, if honestly there is more due." He designates said John Parrisan as late a pensioner of New York, No. 20,077.
Respectfully yours
Wm. S. Parrisan
J. L. Edwards, Esq. Com. of Pensions

State of New York Secretary's Office
I certify that it appears by the Military Register in this office that on the 6 th day of March 1777 John Garrison Enlisted as a Soldier in the Second New York Regiment, Captain Telly's Company to serve during the war and was Mustered to January 1782.
Arch d Campbell Dep. Sec. of State
Albany June 15. 1846

John Garrison was a pensioner of the United States of the State of New York at the rate of $31.44. The attached certificate of the Service of a John Garrison, if it refers to the same person who was pensioned, would there not be an increase of pension due, his declaration may decide that point
Yours truly,
NEW YORK,

A. Pay Roll of Ebenezer Boyd Capt. commencing July 1 st 1780 a Guard on the North River in Westchester County.
John Garrison
10 " 1 " 3
Comptroller's Office Albany 15 th June 1846.
I certify the preceding to be a true extract from a Revolutionary document now remaining in this office.
Philip Phelps Dep. Comp.
NEW-YORK,

In pursuance of a law passed the 27th of April, 1784, entitled "An act for the settlement of the pay of the Levies and Militia, for their services in the late War, and for other purposes therein mentioned," the following certificates have been issued, bearing interest at five per cent. per annum, viz:
   19 Augt. 1779 John Garrison Prim £ 1 4 10 3/4   31 Dec. 1782 De Super 22 19 7   21 Dec. 1781 De De 21 12 2   27 June 1780 De Prim 3 12 5   1 July De De Serjt. 1 14 8   1 July De De Coys. 1 13 3   31 July 1781 De Prim 9 3 4   11 Dec. 1782 De De 11 13 4   23 Dec. 1779 De De 1 1 4   21 Nov De De De 1 6 1  
STATE OF NEW-YORK,
COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE, Albany, 15 June 1846.
I hereby certify the above to be true extracts from Book No. 1, 2, 4, 7, & 8, now remaining in this office, and that the service for which the certificates above named were issued, were performed under the following officers, viz:
First—under Capt. Jerimiah Hook in Col. Jacob Hook Regt. Second " " Henry Pawling " " Bedk. Weissenfels " Third " " Gilbert Livingston " " Albert Pawling " Fourth " " Thomas Storm " " Col. Van Denburgh " Fifth " " Oliver Boyd " " Sam l Drake " Sixth " " De " " De " Seventh " " Israel Honeywell " " " Eighth " " De " " " Ninth " " Joseph Elliot " " Rob t Van Rensselaer Tenth " " Corn t Wetmore " " Peter Yates " Eleventh " " " " " " Twelfth " " " " " "
Philip Phelps Dep Compt l

House of Rep. July 23. 1846
Sir
I have been requested to ask you for "a copy of John Parrison's declaration — the declaration John Parrison to whom was granted Pension Certificate No. 20,077, dated 2 d August, 1833, for $31..44 per annum." If it is not inconsistent with the rules of your office, I would like to be able to furnish it.
Respectfully Yours
Mrs. A. Parrin
J. L. Edwards Esq Com. of Pensions

Lodi, Seneca Co. N.Y.
19 Sept. 1846
Sir,
It is alleged by Peter Garrison son of John Garrison (deceased), a pensioner, that he was entitled to $80. in stead of 31 1/4 per year since he recd. & Peter now desires me, to procure a copy of his father's declaration of service so will you have the goodness to furnish me, that he may know the extent of his h sp. h.
Yrs aff.
John De Witt
Hon J. L. Edwards

Washington June 25 th 1848
Hon Com m issioner of Customs
The enclosed papers have been forwarded to me accompanied by the information that the persons interested were constituents of mine. Will you be so good as to consider the subject and notify me of  with your view of the subject  it . I presume other papers in relation to the same case have been before you.
Respectfully Yours
John F. Collins

10.718
20.077
W. M. Crazy and C. M.
(No. 60.)
WIDOW'S DIVISION.
Department of the Interior,
PENSION OFFICE,
Washington, D. C., August 3 rd 1877.
Sir:
To aid in tracing the claim referred to in the inclosed papers, THEY SHOULD BE RETURNED TO THIS OFFICE with answers in full to the subjoined interrogatories, which answers should be inserted on the blank lines below the said interrogatories.
Any communications heretofore received from this Office relative to the claim should also be returned.
Very respectfully,
O. P. Jenkins Acting Commissioner.
Shipps & Bailey Charlotte, N. C.
INTERROGATORIES.
1st. What number was given to the claim by the Pension Office?
Cannot answer this
2d. What is the claimant's full name?
suppose William Garrison
3d. What was the soldier's full name?
John Garrison
4th. What was his company and regiment?
suppose N.Y. G. Regt. but knew
5th. When, or about when, did he die?
many years ago
6th. When, or about when, was the claim filed?
several years ago
7th. If Pension has been paid, at what Agency?
suppose Raleigh N.C.
(Signature.)

Law Office of  SHIPP & BAILEY,
Charlotte, N. C., 8/10 1877 O. P. G. Clark Esq. Atty Law Pension
DEAR SIR : We respectfully invite your attention to the matter stated below.
Respectfully.
SHIPP & BAILEY, Attorneys & Counsellors.
STATEMENT.
Yours & etc? re-enclosing our letter of inquiry etc?
Some of the questions referred to us embrace the very points of our inquiry - Mrs Elizabeth Thomas (widow) claims that her father John Garrison was a soldier in the war of 1876 & also 1812. She does not know what Regiment or company he belonged to - nor what state his command was from but thinks  it was New York - she thinks that  William Garrison her brother has re- ceived the Pension money within the past few years - she lived in Texas a long time - last night of her father & relatives is withal exceedingly ignorant - We wish to know, if Mr John Garrison was a soldier entitled to pension & we supposed the gov had on file an alphabetical list of

the soldiers in all the wars & certainly could ascertain easily whether the any one had received any pension due to John Garrison & if so when? If it will assist in the search we suggest that the name of William Garrison of Lincoln County N.C.
He is the father of the late Mrs. Thomas of the county of Lincoln N.C. He is the father of the late Mrs. Thomas of the county of Lincoln N.C.
Mrs Thomas does not know the date of her father's death. She cannot tell at what agency the pension was paid - though we should suppose it was the Raleigh agency. Inferring that your 2 d question refers to the party who has received the pension we do not insert as it is the main point of our inquiry - but Mrs Thomas says, the full name is William Garrison.
We trust that due search will be made as according to Mrs T's information it has been paid in part at least to the wrong person & we wish to take legal steps to right the matter.
Yours 29 Shipp & Bailey
For our standing refer to Mr. Solicitor-General Phillips

Rev. War
10718 INVALID.
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File No. 10718
John Garrison
Pris Rev War
Act: June 7 th 32
Index Vol. 4 Page 137
[Arrangement of 1870.]
Aug. 30/77 Slipp and Bu informed that name is roll. but inquiry as to Pa should be made to 3 rd W hi

Lodi Oct 30th 1846
Hon J. L. Edwards Comt. of Pensions
Albany Sir
Will you oblige me so much, as to forward me a copy of the Declaration of John Garrison late a pensioner of New York. Respectfully Your old Servant
John De Witt

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Garrison, John GRADE Private LINE New York
WARRANT NUMBER 7155 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED Sept. 9, 1790
To Joseph Allison, Jr., assignee
*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.